Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-23

out. did not care to cal anyone, fearing
their talk would cause me To lose what
little reason | had. | fet so light that III
seemed 10 me there WIS danger OF my
floating out of be |. Believing the unusu-
al heat and pain would soon pass away |
grasped the side of the bed and held my
self in that position -four hours, when the
pain and heat suddenly ceased My mind
was perfectly clear, but the flannel sheets
Were wet with perspration. | arose com
pletely exhausted, and attempted 10 take a
teaspOOnful Of aromatic spirits of ammonia
in half glass of water, which had been
prepared for me to drink through the
night. Ny stomach rejected it with ter
rible force. After my stomach had been
Quoted down swallowed the medicine
quickly, shutting my mouth with grim
determination that il should not come up.
The stomach acted the same "a before, but
| would not open my mouth. | finally sue
cceded in getting IL down, but suffered
terribly from the wrenching which follow
ed. i he next day there were some of the
symptoms of the night Lef0re but they
were lighter and finally passed away en-
tirelv. | think ] should certainly have
gone crazy. had | not kept my senses
when burning with pain and thirst and
would certainly have done SO had not
remained quiet. have a sore leg. but as
soon as that Is healed | will be at
work again. satisfied that there is
as much hydrophoba in person IS mind
as In dog bite.
On the 4th of February william Higgins
shot himself from fear of hydrophobia.
He had been bitten by dog six months
before The Sunday before his death,
while he was on a visit to his sister, he
| La ia1 no m l.
nary symptoms of the disease from the
papers and he detected them in himself,
and told her not to be alarmed If she
should hear of his death.
The following case Is given in the origi
nal language of the report
CoHoES. \. Y, Feb y B. Sunday night
George Warehouse, agtd IA, was taken
i'll and showed symptoms Of hydrophobia.
lie grew rapidly worse and last night
was in such suffering condition. with
his eyes protruding and his mouth froth-
ing. that the ply sicians saw there was no
hope of saving him. and to end his suffer
ings, ordered that he be smOthered, which
was done. Waterhouse was bitten by a
dog six years ago. The wound healed
rapidly at the time and caused no ncon
yenience till now.
Prof. Dick, late of Edinburgh veterinary
COlltBt. WAS tdlltu 10 WISH IL man WIZ lldl
been bitten by favorte dog which while
suffering from distcmper, had manifested
hydrophobic symptoms. Prof. Dick sue
ceeded in convincing the patient that as
the dog had had d,temper, and as no two
great diseases could exist in the same sys
ten, ii could not have been rabies. In
spite Of the false premises this reasoning
had the desired enect and the patient re-
coyere |.
Another case which illustrates how
little good sense on the part of a physician
may avert calamity. \ boy OF - had
harnesSed his own and another large dog
10 a boy cart The rens became entan-
gled and the boys quarTe,ed. Tn boy
went 10 the assistance of bis own dog and
was snapped at b. the antagonist. He
thought little of it, but the boys on the
street told him he was doomed To die of
hydrophObia. Older ones Joined in this
verdict and the poor boy came home
greatly excited. kissed his mother
goodbye. and saying he had 10 die, dis
posed of his little posses ions. The family
physi ian was called in, but instead of
max NJ light of the matter. which though
! justitiable would not have answered his
purpose as well, he said: well. my boy
| see how it is, YOU are going through
crisis. If you survive 9 O'Clock this eve
ming you are positively safe. - The child's
attention was thus fixed upon the minute
hand of the clock After ii passed the
critical point no more was heard of hydro
! phobia in that house.
After citing tie above cases of hydro
! pholi ia, or spurious hydrophObia Dir.
| Chandler says:
HydrophoDa signifying fear of water,
| iC mi h.4 in
any stage of the disease, exhibits a dread
of water; neither will the sight or sound
of it produce spasms. ON the contrary.
| thirst is present throughout.
The inability to swallow fluids, when it
does happen is due either to the ntlamed
| condition of the throat. or from paralysis
Of the muscles OF the lower jaw and deg
| Tuition
Rabies, signifyng madness, is a more
| appropriate term
The gtology Of rabies. and the investi-
CATION of the cause or causes of the
disease and of the conditions which pre-
dispose to lis Development, or act directly
i'm its production. form a subject OF in
! quiry of the greatest Importance. Upon
! the solution of these methods depends
largely the determination of the methods
10 be sought for i'm the prevention of the
! ul>tdot. MucH ntuuN mas betn given 10
these questions, and among the writer's
who have made Investigations in this
direction may be found many of the most
distinguished veterinarians Of every gen
Grafton. These invest gatiOns. however.
have resulted only i'm the presentation of
many hypothe,eS as 10 the nature and
character of these cause, They have not
established a single condition or circum-
stance which can bring abo or predis-
pose to the development CT the disease,
excepting only the con agious principle as
transmitted t Om the rabid animal
The origin Of the malady in the canine
or feline species is i'm many instances in
vOlved in the greatest o security and being
unable 10 account for these cases upon
any other suppoSition. many observers
have believed IN the spontaneous origin of
the disease. leming. one of the ablest
Of The recent English writers on this sub
! jet. says: And rabies, we feel we are
justified In asserting. must also be in
cluded I'm the list of diseases with CHAMBERS,
anthraXtyphus i'm pigs. and distemper in
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